9/11: Changing the Subject.

The article discusses the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. and the American response to them, with particular focus given to their philosophical implications. The concept of the terrorist victim as subject with which Americans can identify in victimhood is explored, and the idea that the attacks irrevocably changed the world is examined. The author's critique of American military intervention in other countries and what he describes as the sanitized subject presented by the media following the attacks is also offered.